Originally published: Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, 1998.

"First published in 2000 as an Oxford University Press paperback"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-361).

Machine generated contents note: PART I The American Path Option: Between Tradition and Reality -- 1 The Dynamics of Islamic Identity in North America 19 -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- 2 Striking a Balance: Islamic Legal Discourses on Muslim -- Minorities 47 -- Khaled Abou El Fadl -- 3 The Fiqh Councilor in North America 65 -- Yusuf Toala DeLorenzo -- 4 Muslims and Identity Politics in America 87 -- Mohammed A. Muqtedar Khan -- PART II North American Pluralism and the Challenge of the Veil -- 5 The Hijab and Religious Liberty: Anti-Discrimination Law -- and Muslim Women in the United States 105 -- Kathleen Moore -- 6 Muslim Women in Canada: Their Role and Status -- as Revealed in the Hijab Controversy 129 -- Esmail Shakeri -- 7 American Women Choosing Islam 145 -- Carol Anway -- PART III Americans on the Islamization Path? The African-American Experience -- 8 Identity and Destiny: The Formative Views of the Moorish -- Science Temple and the Nation of Islam 163 -- Ernest Allen, Jr. -- 9 African-American Muslims and the Question of Identity: -- Between Traditional Islam, African Heritage, -- and the American Way 215 -- Yusuf Nuruddin -- 10 Understanding the Multi-Ethnic Dilemma -- of African-American Muslims 263 -- Robert Dannin -- PART IV Americanization and the Preservation of Cultural Identity -- 11 Muslims and the American Press 285 -- Greg Noakes -- 12 Economic Security and Muslim Identity: A Study of the -- Immigrant Community in Durham, North Carolina 301 -- Elise Goldwasser -- 13 Approaches to Mosque Design in North America 317 -- Omar Khalidi.